a new year

Time persists on.....I wish I could take more of an opportunity to reflect and plan for a new year but it seems the tyranny of the urgent takes precedence. In a perfect world I could control all the circumstances around me - take time when I want it and put others on hold. This is not reality! Life is so not about me even though in my flesh I seem to be so fixated on myself. I hope this month to try to contemplate what will be in 2010.....every year is a year of growth and opportunity to grow more like Christ. Thank goodness I don't have to do it alone - without God's word and the Holy Spirit I would be a failure. Instead a grand Creator who fashioned me and has great purpose for me.....is not finished with me yet.......so I persevere.

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile." Jeremiah 29:11-14

"......And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6

Here are some tools I am using to prepare for 2010.....

Reflection Questions for 2009

Three of the Most Important Things You Can Do at This Time of Year

Five Steps to Real Change in the New Year